Wenger puts faith in Senderos to stand up to tormentor-in-chief

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Such are Arsenal’s defensive problems before tomorrow’s daunting visit to Stamford Bridge that for a brief moment yesterday Arsène Wenger, whose modest playing career was limited to appearances for the likes of Mutzig, Mulhouse and RC Strasburg, teasingly toyed with the idea of an unlikely return from retirement.

“I have a little chance to play because, as you know, my position is centre half,” the Arsenal manager said, after confirming that William Gallas’s thigh injury has not recovered sufficiently to prevent him joining the suspended Kolo Touré on the sidelines. Given the alternatives, Wenger may be best advised to pull